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From YouTube: This Week in Ames
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Celebrate May by being a tourist in your own town, Ames!
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Heard
that
phrase
be
used
before,
be
it
be
a
tourist
in
your
own
town,
because
sometimes
you
go
to
these
big
cities
and
you
all
want
to
see
the
sights
and
you're
visiting
people
and
they've
never
been
there
right
and
I
find
that
kind
of
amazing.
And
yet
we
have
that
a
name.
Sometimes
people
forget
all
the.
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Well,
we
have
some
some
key
events
like
the
Iowa
games:
three
weekends
in
jan
you
are
in
july.
We
have
the
special
olympics
iowa
state
games
in
at
the
end
of
this
month,
and
then
we
have
a
lot
of
smaller
groups.
We
have
class
reunions,
we
have
iowa
state
unions,
we
have
a
lot
of
educational
conferences
this
summer,
we're
also
holding
three
ultimate
frisbee
events.
We
had
one
in
April
and
we
have
two
more
coming
up:
both
high
school
and
collegiate
level.
Ultimate
events,
so.
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I
know
the
class
reunion
is
a
big
one,
as,
as
you
know,
City
Hall
used
to
be
a
high
school,
so
I
do
get
calls
occasionally
asking
for
tours
and
we
always
do
those
tours
if
you
like,
a
tourist
City
Hall
for
your
group
be
sure
to
contact
me,
but
a
lot
of
times
people
are
coming
back,
haven't
been
to
ames
forever
and
they
are
amazed
at
the
growth
and
change
and
not
just
in
the
business
community.
Although
it's
been
fabulous,
but
in
the
park
system
the
facilities,
everything
that's
going
on.
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We
do
have
a
great
park
system
and
there's
lots.
You
know
and
in
fact
the
50
year
class
reunion
that
I'm
working
with
she
put.
They
pointed
out
that
ada
hayden,
when
they
were
in
high
school,
was
a
rock
quarry.
It
didn't,
even
you
know,
think
of
it
as
being
the
beautiful
lake
with
the
walking
paths
that
we
have
now
I'm.
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Not
sure
people
know
that
it's
industrial
background
that
it
was
a
working
rock
quarry
for
so
long
and
now,
when
you
drive
past
north
of
ames
as
you
exit
the
town,
what
a
beautiful
entrance
or
exit
point,
depending
on
which
direction
you're
going
acres
and
acres
of
landscaping
and
trails.
Obviously
people
are
excited
to
see
that
yes,.
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Yes,
in
the
firm
and
Aquatic
Center,
you
know
another
new
facility
within
the
last
few
years.
The
other
thing
that
we
have
are
the
disc
golf
courses
in
ames
that
that's
a
really
growing
sport
and
I
think
people
forget
and
what
a
great
way
to
just
spend
the
day
an
afternoon
out
enjoying
nature
and
playing
a
little
disc
golf
yeah.
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Those
people
who
haven't
been
in
names
for
a
long
time
might
be
surprised
by
now
the
multiple
shopping
districts
that
we
have.
Some
people
who
grew
up
with
only
main
street,
or
maybe
only
the
north
mall
area,
may
be
surprised
to
see
Somerset,
yeah
or
south
Duff
how
that's
grown
and
expanded
West
and
lots
of
growth
and
development
there
as
well
and.
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A
lot
of
them
are
and
great
public
art
on
campus
and
the
other
thing
that
our
office
does.
Is
we
organized
tours
of
the
Iowa
State
Research
farms?
So
you
can
see
the
bio
century,
research,
farm,
the
horticultural
research
station,
the
dairy
farm
and
as
long
as
you
have
a
group
of
about
10
people
or
so-
and
you
contact
me
about
a
week
or
probably
two
weeks
ahead
of
time-
would
be
good.
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They're
just
surprised
at
all
the
different
things
that
we
have
and
we
do
see
a
lot
of
interest
in
the
arts
and
we
have
a
number
of
performing
arts
organizations
within
the
community.
So
there's
lots
going
on
and
I
think
people
are
surprised
about
that
and
we
try
to
promote
that.
You
know
being
a
membership
organization
that
is
one
of
the
benefits
of
your
membership.
Is
the
ability
to
promote
your
events
throughout
the
community.
What.
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surprise
me
in
the
last
few
years
are
the
summer
schedules
that
fill
up
so
quickly
with
why
we
call
family-friendly
events,
a
lot
of
low-cost
or
no-cost
events,
a
lot
of
sort
of
maybe
shorter,
a
to
our
commitment
or
less
festivals
are
really
big.
Now
I
know
we
have
a
lot
of
festivals
planned
in
the
summer.
Do
any
of
the
saying
that
information
filtered
through
you?
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Definitely
our
website
is
visit,
aims,
calm
and
we've
got
a
great
event
calendar
on
there
and
you
can
look
out
into
the
future.
So
if
you're
thinking
about
a
date-
and
you
want
to
see
what's
going
on-
we
try
to
keep
that
filled
with
events
as
soon
as
we
find
out
about
them
and
the
organization's.
Let
us
know
about
them,
then
we
get
them
on
the
calendar,
so
at
least
it's
there
as
a
placeholder
it
may
not
have.
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Are
you
miss
Allen,
that's
right
anywhere,
you
drive
around
town
and
that's
a
great
that's,
a
great,
a
partnership
with
the
city
and
the
university
and
and
the
organization
to
be
able
to
use
all
those
different
facilities
around
the
community.
You
know
tennis
courts
and
intermural
courts
and
soccer
fields
and
baseball
fields.
All
over
the
community
are
used
through
those
three
weekends
and
so
well.
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Just
you
know
welcome
those
people
when
they're
in
the
community,
you
might
run
into
them
in
the
line
at
the
grocery
store,
or
you
know,
walking
down
the
street
if
someone's
asking
for
directions
or
ideas.
Remember
that
they
they
have
a
big
economic
impact
on
our
community
through
the
studies
with
the
Iowa
Economics
Department
Iowa
economic
authority,
over
99
million
dollars
of
direct
spending
in
our
community
and
that's
just
from
the
people
that
we
track
through
their
stay
in
a
hotel
arm
and
overnight.
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Yep
that
community-
and
that
is
one
thing
that
we
hear
quite
often
at
the
convention
and
visitors
bureau-
is
how
welcoming
the
people
are
in
the
community
and
what
a
big
difference
that
has
made
in
their
event
when
they
were
out
and
about
in
the
community
and
people
were
friendly
and
and
helpful
that
really
bring
wants
them
to
bring
their
event
back
to
the
community.
Again
now,.
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If
you
want
more
information
about
what's
happening,
two
names
remember
that
website
visit
Ames
com.
Also
remember:
you
can
always
find
the
latest
information
about
what's
happening
at
your
local
government
at
ww
city
of
ames
org.
We
have
a
calendar
of
events
as
well
as
connections
to
our
social
media.
Well,
that's
our
show
for
today,
thanks
for
watching
and
tune
in
next
week
for
this
week
in
Ames,.